The Hindu Vocabulary

 The Hindu Vocabulary

1. CONVENTIONAL (ADJECTIVE): (मानक):  normal

Synonyms: standard, regular

Antonyms: original

Example Sentence:

A conventional morality had dictated behavior.

2. UNACCEPTABLE (ADJECTIVE): (अस्वीकार्य):  intolerable

Synonyms: insufferable, unsatisfactory

Antonyms: acceptable

Example Sentence:

His behaviour was unacceptable.

3. WRANGLE (NOUN): (तकरार):  argument

Synonyms: dispute, disagreement

Antonyms: agreement

Example Sentence:

An insurance wrangle is holding up compensation payments.

4. INCLUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (समावेशी):  all-in

Synonyms: all-inclusive comprehensive

Antonyms: exclusive

Example Sentence:

They have menus stating fully inclusive prices.

5. IMPLICIT (ADJECTIVE): (अंतर्निहित):  implied

Synonyms: indirect, inferred

Antonyms: explicit

Example Sentence:

Comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies.

6. ILLICIT (ADJECTIVE): (अवैध):  illegal

Synonyms: unlawful, illegitimate

Antonyms: licit

Example Sentence:

She was in possession of illicit drugs.

7. DEEM (VERB): (मानना):  consider

Synonyms: judge, adjudge

Antonyms: mis-judge

Example Sentence:

The event was deemed a great success.

8. DESTRUCTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (द्वेषपूर्ण):  negative

Synonyms: hostile, antagonistic

Antonyms: constructive

Example Sentence:

One should never practice destructive criticism.

9. MORATORIUM (NOUN): (रोक):  embargo

Synonyms: ban, prohibition

Antonyms: permission

Example Sentence:

A moratorium has been put on the use of drift nets.

10. INDISPENSABLE (ADJECTIVE): (अपरिहार्य):  essential

Synonyms: crucial necessary

Antonyms: dispensable

Example Sentence:

He made himself indispensable to the parish priest

● TANGIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (वास्तविक): real

Synonyms: actual, solid

Antonyms: abstract

Example Sentence:

The emphasis is now on tangible results.

● CONFER (VERB): (प्रदान करना): bestow on

Synonyms: present with/to, grant to

Antonyms: withhold

Example Sentence:

The Minister may have exceeded the powers conferred on him by Parliament.

● EFFICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (प्रभावोत्पादक): effective

Synonyms: successful, effectual

Antonyms: inefficacious

Example Sentence:

The treatment was efficacious in some cases.

● HUMILIATE (VERB): (अपमानित करना): embarrass

Synonyms: mortify, humble

Antonyms: aggrandize

Example Sentence:

You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

● UNBRIDLED (ADJECTIVE): (निरंकुश): unrestrained

Synonyms: unconstrained, uncontrolled

Antonyms: restrained

Example Sentence:

He had a moment of unbridled ambition.

● SHED (VERB): (बरखास्त करना): dismiss

Synonyms: let go, discharge

Antonyms: hire

Example Sentence:

Many firms use relocation as an opportunity to shed jobs.

● REPREHENSIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (खेदजनक): deplorable

Synonyms: disgraceful discreditable

Antonyms: creditable

Example Sentence:

His complacency and reprehensible laxity.

● DESCEND (VERB): (उतरना): drop

Synonyms: go down, come down

Antonyms: ascend

Example Sentence:

The aircraft began to descend.

● CONSIDERABLE (ADJECTIVE): (ध्यान देने लायक़): distinguished

Synonyms: noteworthy, noted

Antonyms: insignificant

Example Sentence:

Snow was a limited, but still considerable, novelist.

● VEX (VERB): (खीझाना): annoy

Synonyms: irritate, infuriate

Antonyms: mollify

Example Sentence:

The memory of the conversation still vexed him.